“Who Killed Cock Robin”? Not I, said the Sparrow With my Bow and Arrow” The above lines from an old nursery rhyme recur constantly in my mind when looking at the controversy surrounding the deaths of some senior leaders of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) in the early hours of May 18th 2009. Balasingham [...]
Although Sri Lanka is not a signatory to the Rome Convention which set up the International Criminal Court (ICC), the island nation can still be dragged before the ICC without its consent, senior cabinet minister and a former Professor of Law, G.L.Peiris, has said. He told The Sunday Island on December 20, that the UN [...]
Despite Prof. Peiris’ claim on suing the EU over temporary suspension of the GSP plus to Sri Lanka, Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe today said there is no such decision adding it is “just a view expressed” by the former. There will not be any legal action against the EU,” Samarasinghe told Asian Tribune. “There [...]
Sri Lanka will study a call by the United Nations for a report on the alleged shooting of surrendering Tamil rebel leaders by the army, saying the accusation is “baseless” and a humiliation for the country. The government in Colombo said it will make a formal response to the request made by Philip Alston, the [...]
The United Nations has asked Sri Lanka to explain allegations by a retired army general that surrendering Tamil rebel leaders were killed in cold blood in mid-May, the government said on Monday. The presidency said the UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, had asked for an explanation of what had [...]
It is reported that Sri Lanka Govt.’s Troica , constituted by President’s brothers , Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa as well as President’s Secretary Lalith Weeratunge have decided to leave for New Delhi urgently. Previously, after the war, they tried to tour New Delhi on several occasions but failed. One of the objectives of this [...]
A crucial report on Sri Lanka’s alleged war crimes, which was to be released on September 21, by the US Department of State, has been deferred owing to the non-finalisation of the document and is now likely to be released next month, it is learnt. Meanwhile US Embassy Spokesman in Colombo Jeff Anderson told The [...]
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